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STRAP BUGKLE.

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ANISZQ STRAP BUCKLE. No. 305,562. Patented Sept. 23, 1884..

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. .NI-T STATES PATE Fries.

HERMAN ANISZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO SOLOMONPRICE AND ISAAC L. PRICE, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

STRAP-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,562, datedSeptember 23, 1884.

Application filed June as, 1884. (No model.)

h aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN ANISZ, a subject of the King of Hungary,residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Strap-Buckles; and Ihereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same.

It is the object of my invention to provide a buckle which shall bethoroughly effective in its purpose of permitting the ready adjustmentof a strap and of retaining it in the exact position to which it isadjusted, but which shall at the same time comprise the fewest possibleparts, thus affording simplicity and cheapness of construction.

Myinvention consists in forming the buckle in two parts, one of whichshall comprise a plate having its sides bent backward to form rightangles with it, each right-angular portion being provided with alongitudinal oblique slot, and having its upper side bent backward alsoto a right angle with it, the bent edges forming three sides of arectangular inclosure having the bent portions at their points ofjuncture level with each other, and the other part comprising a platehaving its ends bent and connected with the slots in a manner to retainthe said plate and permit it to be reciprocated within the slots.

Buckles constructed in accordance with my invention may be used for anypurpose for which such fastening devices are ordinarily employed; but itis my intention to apply my improvement particularly to suspenders, inwhich connection it is designed to afford means for readily adjustingthe suspender-straps to the requirements of the wearer and firmlyretaining them at the desired position of adjustment without penetratingthe material of which they are composed. 1

For the reasons above set forth, and as one means of clearlyillustrating the construction and operation of myimprovement, I havepreferred to show it in the form of a suspenderbuckle in the drawings,in which- Figure 1 shows a blank forming the main portion of my device,and comprising a flat metallic plate, beveled on each side and provided50 near each side edge with an oblique slot, and

having one end stamped out at each corner to produceaflange, and theopposite end formed into a clasp; Fig. 2, a blank showing theclamping-plate before its ends are bent for adjustment upon the inainplate; Fig. 3, a perspee tive view of my device applied to asuspenderstrap, showing the manner of its clamping the same to retain itin its adjusted position, wherein it is prevented from being lengthenedby mere pulling upon the strap above the buckle; Fig. 4, a similar viewrepresenting, in perspective, the reverse side of my improved buckleapplied to a suspender-strap adjusted as shown in Fig. 3; Fig. 5, alongitudinal sectional view of my improvement applied upon aSuspender-strap, showing the position of the clamping plate necessary topermit lengthing or-shortening of the strap; and Fig. 6, a view similarto that shown in Fig. 5, but showing the position of the clamping-platewherein 7o it will prevent shortening of the strap by mere pulling uponthe end of the latter.

A is a metallic plate, stamped to the form shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings, and provided on each of its sides, forming beveled flangestwith an oblique slot, 8, slanting in the direction of the bevel. of theflanges,toward the end of the plate provided with the clasp 1'. Thefiangest are bent backward to lie at right angles with the body of theplate A, and the end q of the plate opposite the clasp end,which has itscorners stamped out to a depth corresponding to the width of thefiangest at their point of closest proximity to the last-named end, isbent backward to a right angle with the body 8 5 of the plate A, to forma flange and meet the ends of the flanges t. The ends of the parts q andt may be secured together at their points of juncture, if desired, bysoldering or in any other suitable way. A metallic strip or plate, 0 B,is stamped to form a tongue, 2), at each end, which tongues serve, bybending them, to secure the plate B within the oblique slots 8 in themanner shown in the drawings. The position of the slotssin the flanges tis such that, owing to the quantity of material removed from the cornersof the plate B,when the lat ter is adjusted within the slots, its edge,when the tongues 19 are moved toward the flange q as far as the slotsswill permit, will be even with that of the flange q, so that when thestrap 0 is inserted between the plates A and B a space for its admissionbeing provided between the edges of the two plates,when the device isadjusted, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings,owing to the bevel of theedges of the flangest and corresponding slant of the slots, it isheld bythe pressure against its surfaces between the edges of the plate B andflange q, and pulling upon the end 0 of the strap .0 against theresistance of the buckle, when attached to a stationary object by meansof the clasp r, or upon the buckle, or upon both strap and buckle, inopposite directions,will only have the effect of causing the strap to beclamped the more firmly by the buckle. The strap can be shortened, butvery slightly, by holding the buckle in a stationary position andpulling upon the end 0 of the strap, since the plate B will, by thefriction of the material of the strap against it, be pulled toward theopposite ends of the slots s,where, owing to the direction of theirslant, the opposite edge of the plate B will bind the strap against theundersurface of the plate A. The adj ustment of the strap is effected byholding the plate B at or near the center of the slots,when the strapmay readily be pulled in either direction.

If desired, the plate'B may be connected to the plate A, and bepermitted a reciprocal movement within the slots by providing a rivet toextend from one slot to the other and project through them and into theears upon the plate B. I I

I am aware of a buckle heretofore construct- ,ed comprising a piece ofbrass wire and a piece of sheetbrass, formed by locking the two ends ofthe latter around the two ends of the wire frame, so that they may slideback and forth, the inner side of the frame being beveled to form a seatagainst which the webbing is clamped by the sliding piece ofsheet-brass; and I am also aware of a clamping slide for straps, inwhich the clamping is effected by the pressure of the strap between aroller operating within oblique slots, and a wall opposed to the roller;but in neither of these devices is the clamping or binding of the strapeffected at more than one end of the device.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A buckle comprising a plate, A, provided with lateral beveled flanges25, having each an oblique longitudinal slot, 8, parallel, or nearly so,with the bevel of the flange in which it is formed, and having its upperedge bent to a right angle with the said plate to form a flange. q, anda transverse plate, B, connected with the plate A,and having areciprocating movement within the slots formed in the same, whereby astrap inserted within the plates A and 13 shall be clamped and firmlyheld by pulling upon the said strap in either direction against thebuckle,and whereby the said strap may be adjusted in either direction byholding the plate B away from the ends of the slots, substantially asdescribed.

HERMAN ,ANISZ.

In presence of I SOLOMON PRICE, \VM. H. DYRENFORTI-I.

